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Location of the comarca in Zamora Province.
Sanabria Lake , one of the very few natural lakes of the Iberian Peninsula
Another view of Sanabria Lake
View of the Sanabria comarca with the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range in the background
Sanabria (Spanish pronunciation: [saˈnaβɾja] , A Seabra in the Galician language , Senabria in Leonese language ) is a comarca in the northwest of the province of Zamora , western Spain. It borders Portugal to the south, Orense to the west and León to the north. It belongs to the Autonomous Region of Castilla y León .
Overview
The Sierra de la Cabrera Baja forms a natural boundary with Leon Province in the north, Sierra Segundera with Galicia in the west, and Sierra de la Culebra and Sierra de la Gamoneda with the Bragança District of Portugal in the south and southwest. The comarcas of La Carballeda and Tierra del Pan are to the east. The most famous place in the comarca is the Sanabria Lake (Lago de Sanabria ), the biggest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula, with a surface of 368 hectares (910 acres) which is now within the limits of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park . The lake was declared a Natural Park in 1978. The capital of the comarca is Puebla de Sanabria .
The Sanabria comarca is one of the few areas of Western Europe with a sizeable population of wild wolves , which live in the Sierra de la Culebra mountain range.
Municipalities
Sanabria is divided in 15 municipalities, which in turn include several districts or towns, of which some belong to the nearby region of La Carballeda . In the next table municipalities are listed, showing the area of each municipality in square kilometers, population according to the last INE census and the towns which are included on every municipality:
Municipality
Area
Population
Towns
Asturianos
42,60
264
Asturianos , Cerezal de Sanabria , Entrepeñas , Lagarejos de la Carballeda , Rioconejos , Villar de los Pisones
Cobreros
77,70
588
Avedillo de Sanabria , Barrio de Lomba , Castro de Sanabria , Cobreros , Limianos de Sanabria , Quintana de Sanabria , Riego de Lomba , San Martín del Terroso , San Miguel de Lomba , San Román de Sanabria , Santa Colomba de Sanabria , Sotillo de Sanabria , Terroso
Galende
90,26
1141
Cubelo , Galende , Ilanes , Moncabril , Pedrazales , El Puente , Rabanillo , Ribadelago , Ribadelago Nuevo , San Martín de Castañeda , Vigo
Hermisende
108,75
251
Castrelos , Castromil , Hermisende , San Ciprián , La Tejera
Lubián
94,39
326
Aciberos , Chanos , Hedroso , Las Hedradas , Lubián , Padornelo
Palacios de Sanabria
37,01
260
Otero de Sanabria , Palacios de Sanabria , Remesal , Vime de Sanabria
Pedralba de la Pradería
105,11
292
Calabor , Lobeznos , Pedralba de la Pradería , Rihonor de Castilla , Santa Cruz de Abranes
Pías
43,91
138
Barjacoba , Pías , Villanueva de la Sierra
Porto de Sanabria
200,82
188
Porto de Sanabria
Puebla de Sanabria
81,39
1460
Castellanos , Puebla de Sanabria , Robledo , Ungilde
Requejo de Sanabria
46,10
149
Requejo de Sanabria
Robleda-Cervantes
32,47
448
Barrio de la Gafa, Barrio Lagarejos, Cervantes , Ferreros , Paramio , Robleda , Sampil , San Juan de la Cuesta , Triufé , Valdespino
Rosinos de la Requejada
154,78
387
Anta de Rioconejos , Carbajalinos , Doney de la Requejada , Escuredo , Gusandanos , Monterrubio , Rionegrito , Rosinos de la Requejada , Santiago de la Requejada , Villarejo de la Sierra
San Justo
75,12
234
Barrio de Rábano , Coso , Rábano de Sanabria , Rozas , San Ciprián , San Justo
Trefacio
25,48
186
Cerdillo , Murias , Trefacio , Villarino de Sanabria
See also
References
External links
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